Every novel is a journey into the unknown, both for the writer and the reader.
War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war， is much worse.
我对成为历史上最好的不感兴趣。我感兴趣的是尽我所能做到最好。
"I always believe if you’re stuck in a hole and maybe things aren’t going well you will come out stronger."
"A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way."